Johnston Publishing (NI) has its headquarters in Portadown, County Armagh.
[1] In December 1995, the sale of the company by the Morton family to Scottish Radio Holding's was completed for £11.2m, and became part of Score Press.
[2] Ten years later in 2005, Scottish Radio Holding's 45 titles (sixteen in Scotland, twenty-four in Northern Ireland and five in the Republic of Ireland), including Morton Newspapers, were bought by Johnston Press for £155m[3] and became known as Johnston Publishing (NI).
[clarification needed] Century Press and Publishing's main title was the News Letter a leading daily in Northern Ireland.
[5] After the purchase of Local Press Ltd, the Century was reorganised with the News Letter becoming part of Johnston Publishing (NI) and the rest held by a holding company called Derry Journal Newspapers.